There are now well over 200 million turn-by-turn navigation systems in use worldwide, including about 40 million factory installed and aftermarket in-dash navigation systems, more than 120 million Personal Navigation Devices (PNDs) and an estimated 44 million navigation-enabled mobile phones. Read more...

Nuance Communications, Inc. has announced the availability of Nuance Voice Control Automotive, a mobile platform said to enable drivers to take advantage of popular connected services with simple voice commands based on Nuance’s Dragon NaturallySpeaking core speech technology.

New analysis from Frost & Sullivan (http://www.automotive.frost.com/), “Strategic Analysis of the European Market for Low Cost OEM Navigation Systems,” estimates the market to be worth 0.15 million in unit sales in 2009 and predicts it to reach 1.83 million by 2016. Fixed in-dash, mobile phone and integrated personal navigation device (PND) systems, proposed as a standard feature in select vehicle models, will drive this market expansion. Read more...